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• Aafke Sierds, Tzummarum († 1819)
• Arden Andrews, Pitt County, North Carolina († 1847)
• Arie Smaling, Woerden († 1784)
• Adrianus Schoenmaekers, Merksplas, Gemeente Merksplas, Antwerpen, Belgie († 1809)
• Anna Maria Timmermans, Helden
• Anna Maria Timmermans, Helden, Li.NL († 1839)
• Aefke Sierds, Tzummarum, Barradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Thomas De Wit, Halsteren(Holland)
• Annigjen Atzes, Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland († 1780)
• Antonia Ram, Montfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1854)

• Harman Bessels van den Brink (64), Amersfoort
• Jan Kolkman (0)
• Elsje Kroese (55), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Antonia Carnoy, Dendermonde, Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen
• Gerrit Cornelisz van Andel (6), Andel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Hermannus Gijsberts (57), Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Carolina De Jonghe, Tielrode
• Aleid Weller (64), Mettingen, Westfalen, Pruisen, Duitsland
• Henricus Roosen (64)
• Henricus ROOSEN (64), Helden, Limburg, Nederland

• 1761 » Antoine-François Andréossy, French general and diplomat († 1828)
• 1779 » Antoine-Henri Jomini, Swiss-French general († 1869)
• 1780 » Lucy Barnes, American writer († 1809)
• 1785 » Karol Kurpiński, Polish composer and conductor († 1857)
• 1787 » Joseph von Fraunhofer, German physicist and astronomer († 1826)
• 1806 » Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English-Italian poet and translator († 1861)
• 1812 » Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American businessman, co-founded the Waltham Watch Company († 1895)
• 1817 » Princess Clémentine of Orléans († 1907)
• 1818 » William Claflin, American businessman and politician, 27th Governor of Massachusetts († 1905)
• 1823 » Charles I of Württemberg († 1891)

• 1754 » Henry Pelham, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1694)
• 1758 » Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (b. 1705)
• 1764 » Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (b. 1690)
• 1796 » Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French historian and author (b. 1713)
• 1836 » Deaths at the Battle of the Alamo:
• 1854 » Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Irish colonel and diplomat, Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (b. 1778)
• 1866 » William Whewell, English priest, historian, and philosopher (b. 1794)
• 1867 » Charles Farrar Browne, American-English author and educator (b. 1834)
• 1888 » Louisa May Alcott, American novelist and poet (b. 1832)
• 1895 » Camilla Collett, Norwegian novelist and activist (b. 1813)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Joannes
7. Willem
8. Jacob
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Jean
13. Dirk
14. Klaas
15. John
16. Adrianus

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Marie
5. Joanna
6. Catharina
7. Elisabeth
8. Cornelia
9. Trijntje
10. Neeltje
11. Grietje
12. Antje
13. Adriana
14. Elizabeth
15. Aaltje
16. Jannetje

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• March 8 » Regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt.
• April 13 » American Revolutionary War: American forces are ambushed and defeated in the Battle of Bound Brook, New Jersey.
• June 14 » The Second Continental Congress passes the Flag Act of 1777 adopting the Stars and Stripes as the Flag of the United States.
• July 7 » American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated in the Battle of Hubbardton.
• August 22 » British forces abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of Continental Army reinforcements.
• October 17 » American Revolutionary War: British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army at Saratoga, New York.

The temperature on March 6, 1777 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.